General events

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Organization of American States 55th General Assembly Side Event

The government of Antigua and Barbuda and PAHO are co-hosting Uniting the Americas for Mental Health: From Commitment to Action, on June 25th, 2025, as a side event of the 55th Regular Session of the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly.

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Join us on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (Washington DC, or EDT) for the Readiness virtual meeting: extreme hydrometeorological events 2025.

Extreme hydrometeorological events, such as hurricanes, torrential rainfall and the resulting floods and landslides are the most common threats in the region.

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Join us on the session to explore how decision-makers can break free from this cycle, using evaluation and other evidence to guide policy and budget decisions by showcasing real-world case studies and examples where evidence has successfully guided public health decisions, as well as the challenges faced in institutionalizing evaluation.

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OBJECTIVES

To present the progresses, achievements, and the challenges along with its feasible alternative solutions to guarantee the production of safe and effective antivenoms and its timely availability in the region of the Americas.

To share the technical cooperation opportunities established within the RELAPA framework.

To understand and assess the antivenom production…

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Join us virtually for the inauguration of the Carissa F. Etienne Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), located at the PAHO/WHO Barbados office.
 
This facility will play a crucial role in the coordination of public health emergency response across Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean Countries (ECC), and the wider Caribbean…
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Date and time: Friday, 9 May 2025 - 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Washington, D.C. time/EST)

Zoom platform, registration link below: 

Link to register for the event

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Date and time


🗓️ Saturday, 26 April 🕚 10:00 a.m. (AST/EST)

Where?


Join via Zoom

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Update: This event has been cancelled due to unexpected circumstances beyond our control. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Given the relevance of this topic to the ongoing discussions taking place during the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings, a brief statement from PAHO’s Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, on the economic benefits of addressing…

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The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), through the Departments of Innovation and Access to Medicines and Health Technologies (IMT) and Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health (NMH), is pleased to invite you to the webinar 

WHO standards for prosthetics and orthotics